On how to mess with Facebook and preserve (some of) your privacy #fb
May 4 2010, 11:23 AM
Let's say someone sends you a link to something on Facebook via the email system. You know that Facebook tracks all that information, yes? Take a look at this email I had forwarded to my day-to-day (non Facebook email) between the dashed lines. (I replaced the actual information with generic info between <> ----------------------------------------------- <your friend> sent you a message. Re: <your last email> "Hey, Bernie, check out this link
http://www.facebook.com/l/<some_facebook_code>;www.<some_thing>.html" ----------------------------------------------- So, for starters, you can copy the www.<some_thing>.html part into your browser and bypass Facebook. That's one way to preserve some privacy. You can also mess with Facebook by entering something like this instead: http://www.facebook.com/l/<some_facebook_code>;www.google.com Track that, Facebook! Now I am not saying you should do this. I am just pointing out some things you should know.
http://www.facebook.com/l/<some_facebook_code>;www.<some_thing>.html" ----------------------------------------------- So, for starters, you can copy the www.<some_thing>.html part into your browser and bypass Facebook. That's one way to preserve some privacy. You can also mess with Facebook by entering something like this instead: http://www.facebook.com/l/<some_facebook_code>;www.google.com Track that, Facebook! Now I am not saying you should do this. I am just pointing out some things you should know.
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May 5 2010, 5:19 PMJoanne MacDonald responded:For anyone who actually still uses their FB account,
this is probably good to know.
Just wondering....
How does one maintain their "privacy" on Twitter???